It’s a grotesque, ceremonial observance, marked by a degree of unpardonable acceptance.  The First World War, which killed millions, extirpated classes in Europe, and destroyed monarchies, established a mawkish ritual that serves to continue, rather than prevent war.  The more one grieves for the slaughtered and the brain frozen folly, the more one hopes for More

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